Put in a destination and dates and the tool searches multiple programs to determine both revenue and award availability and prices. It also maps the options out and calculates the "value" of an award booking relative to the nominal value of those points. So a 1.5cpm redemption in program A might actually be a better deal than a 2.0cpm redemption in program B. Right now those values are fixed but I'm building in the ability for users to specify their own point values or to just go with the average results the system calculates over time based on search history.

I'm looking for feedback and user input so give it a go and let me know what you think. Currently supported programs are:

Club Carlson

IHG Rewards Club

Marriott Rewards

Starwood Preferred Guest

Wyndham Rewards

Choice Hotels should be online pretty soon and I'm working on Hyatt and Hilton as well though ETA for those is unknown at this point.

Definetly a tool I'd like to use, this is something I'm often trying to figure out where to stay, and whether to pay or use points.. Tried it for ORD on Saturday and got the fail kale. Looking forward to trying it out again.

Looks decent. However, checking Miami Airport area, the search includes all the way to West Palm as a default requiring zooming in and moving the map to the Airport area to see what is available. If I am looking for a single night AT the airport, it seems like it should center on the airport and allow me to move OUT from the airport rather than IN to Airport area.
And using the filter (checked Starwood for MIA airport) the listing starts with the Sheraton Bal Harbor, rather than the hotels at the Airport.

Still a decent search set up.

Will functionality also include Points and Cash or the various Point Sales? That would also be helpful.

Just got Choice Preferred into the system. Turns out it was pretty easy to add so I did it ahead of HGP/HH. Still working on those.

I'm also working on some interesting aggregate data research as part of the tool. I figure it would be interesting to know that, on average, IHG awards price around 0.7 cents/point, for example. Obviously I need more searches via the system for things like that to really start to be useful and accurate, but I'm starting on it now.

Picked Dec 27 in bangkok and the search is returning good award value for SPG properties that aren't offering award nights. When going down the list those hotels (SGS, 4Pts, Aloft) are showing N/A for the award but the map is cluttered with the 'values' which aren't valid!!

Just checked the BKK options on the 27th of December and I'm seeing quite different results. Or the same results interpreted differently. There are three of the ten SPG properties which are only available for cash (awards show N/A) but the other seven are available for both cash or points.

And I'll always show the hotels even if they are only available as a cash option.

I do agree that the W and Westin Grand Sukhumvit are great values as award redemptions for that night.

Hilton just launched about 30 minutes ago. Official announcement comes out in 90 minutes but if you search now you'll see the data.

I am currently collecting cash+points info from HHonors and have the code in place to collect it from SPG as well. I'm just not sure how to render it in the UI with all the other information, especially when it comes to assigning point value. Any suggestions??

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